He wiped the snot from the corner of his mouth hard, stared wide-eyed at Lynn's streamlined Mechanical Body, and finally voiced the question that had been troubling him most.
"Big Brother, your... your body-how did it end up like this? It's like a mechanical body..."
He had actually noticed the change in his big brother that morning, in the footage of last night's battle he had seen at the military's headquarters.
He simply hadn't dared to ask.
"I paid a small price."
Lynn loosely curled his five fingers and said slowly:
"To kill that projection, I had to implant my soul into this composite body as Bio-Armor. To put it plainly, I'm a robot now."
Bai Yi looked utterly bewildered and instinctively swallowed.
A... a robot...
But honestly, Big Brother was still just as handsome after becoming mechanical. So this was the price of gaining power?
Big Brother had become a freak, but he'd also become stronger.
And if that was the case, didn't it mean Big Brother now had an indestructible, impregnable mechanical big [beep-][beep-], just like him?!
Joy immediately filled Bai Yi's heart, and his eyes brimmed with pride.
Before, he had been the only person in this world with a mechanical big [beep-][beep-], and that had made him feel a little inferior. But now that even Big Brother had transformed into such a powerful form, there was absolutely nothing to feel inferior about anymore! He could finally walk down the street with his head held high and his chest out!
Big Brother really had such foresight!
[Ding! Bai Yi's affection for you +30] [Ding! Bai Yi's admiration for you +20]
Lynn: "???"
"Oh, right, Big Brother!"
Bai Yi pressed the earpiece against his ear and listened carefully, then immediately shook the little stars out of